Welcome to The Simpsons Archive's episode guide. Episodes are
grouped by season and sorted in broadcast order. While premier
broadcast dates are given as a reference, you must refer to the
air dates chart for
information on all successive Fox network broadcast dates.

Thanks to Bart leaving his lucky red hat in the load of washed white
shirts, Homer wears a pink shirt to the nuclear power plant. He is
promptly committed to a mental institution, where he meets up with a
white man (Leon Kompowski) who walks and talks like Michael Jackson.
NOTES:Michael Jackson
voices Leon Kompowski when he sounds like Michael Jackson (uncredited).

Thanks to Lisa's patriotic and winning essay in a Reading Digest
contest, the Simpsons win a trip to Washington DC. However, Lisa's
faith in democracy is shaken when she sees her local representative
taking a bribe for a permit to cut down Springfield National Forest.
NOTE: The first episode broadcast in Dolby Surround Stereo.

After having a very lousy day of school, Bart accidentally stumbles
into `The Legitimate Businessman Social Club', a mobster front. He
becomes a bartender, but when he shows up late at work and blames
Principal Skinner, Skinner disappears.
Joe Mantegna
and
Neil Patrick Harris
guest star.

Krusty finally drops by to have dinner with the Simpsons to thank
Bart for believing him (see Krusty Gets Busted), and drops a
bombshell: He real name is Krustofsky, and he is estranged from
his rabbi father, who disowned him when Krusty decided to be a clown
instead of a rabbi. Now, Bart vows to reunite Klown and rabbi.
NOTES:Jackie Mason
is the voice of Rabbi Krustofsky.

In the sequel to the original Treehouse of Horror, three more tales
of horror. Lisa, Bart, and Homer eat too much candy, and end up
having nightmares...:
In The Monkey's Paw, the Simpsons, on a foreign trip,
pick up a monkey's paw that gives the holder four wishes each
with bad side effects. Next, In a parody of a classic Twilight
Zone episode, everyone in Springfield must be happy or else
something will happen to them by a monster. The monster is known as
Bart Simpson, the kid with the mental powers. in Bart the
Monster. Finally, Homer gets randomly fired from the nuclear
power plant, and gets hired as a gravedigger. He falls asleep in
the grave, and gets picked up by Mr. Burns for a cyborg experiment
in Homer's Brain.
Note: this is the only Treehouse of Horror/Halloween Special episode where the stories do not
have separate on-screen titles; the three titles mentioned used here were created for use in
the episode capsule (they could just as easily be called "Lisa's Nightmare," "Bart's Nightmare,"
and "Homer's Nightmare")

In order to build a father/son relationship, Homer helps Bart build
a soapbox racer. However, when Martin crashes his racer during the
time trials, Bart must make an important decision: Turn his back on
his father and be Martin's replacement driver, or race in his soapbox
and let Nelson win.

Homer helps invent the hottest drink in Springfield. However, when
Moe steals the recipe and turns Moe's Tavern into the hottest spot
in Springfield, Homer vows revenge. Guest stars
Catherine O'Hara
and the Rock band
Aerosmith.

Picking up where The Way We Was left off....The year is 1980, and Homer
is working at the local miniature golfing course, living with Marge's
parents, and dating Marge. Then Marge becomes pregnant with Bart.

It's Bart's tenth birthday. Bart receives a radio microphone, which he
promptly uses to play practical jokes on everyone, including that a
little boy named Timmy O'Toole has fallen down the local well.
NOTES:Sting
guest voices as himself with the song titled We're Sending Our
Love Down the Well.

Lisa's football predicting skills brings about a closer relationship
between Homer and Lisa, not to mention making Moe broke, until Lisa
realizes that the relationship may end with the Super Bowl.
NOTES: Repeats of this episode had portions redubbed for
later Super Bowls.

When the family causes Marge to flip out, she takes a vacation from
it all at Rancho Relaxo, leaving Lisa and Bart with Patty and Selma
(shudder), and Homer alone with Maggie. Then, Maggie goes searching
for Marge.

He has the name of the 23rd president, the face of Gordie Howe, and
the lines of a Frenchman. Is Mrs. Krabapple's new pen pal/lover
Bart's latest practical joke? Meanwhile, Homer starts building a
doghouse, and learns to give up swearing.

After taking the Career Aptitude Normalization Test, or CANT test,
Lisa finds out she's more suited to be a homemaker, while Bart is
more suited to be a police officer. While Bart enjoys his taste of
authority, Lisa turns into a bad kid.
NOTES:Steve Allen
guest stars voices.

When Santa's Little Helper suffers from a twisted stomach, the
Simpsons sacrifice in order to pay for a life saving operation.
However, when the family's morale suffers from the cuts, the dog
runs away, and quickly becomes one of Mr. Burns' hounds.

After a particularly bad movie experience, Homer drives to a bar
where he discovers a singer named Lurleen Lumpkin. Now, Colonel
Homer is her manager, much to Marge's disgust.
Beverly D'Angelo
guest stars as Lurleen Lumpkin.

Bart and Milhouse enter the age of cooties, when Milhouse dates a new
girl... without her father knowing it. Meanwhile, Homer tries to lose
weight by listening to a subliminal tape.
Kimmy Robertson
guest stars.

Herbert Powell returns, and asks the Simpsons help for an invention
idea of his, using the money Homer received from the nuclear plant for
some bogus award. Guest stars
Joe Frazier
and
Danny DeVito.
NOTE: This episode is not technically part of any season, as it aired
between the "official" Season 3 finale and Season 4 premiere.